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Vegetation (pathology)

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]


In medicine, a vegetation is an abnormal growth[1] named for its similarity to natural vegetation.

Vegetations are often associated with endocarditis.[2][3][4]

It can be made of fibrin[5] and platelets.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Template:DorlandsDict
  2. ↑ Miyata E, Satoh S, Inokuchi K; et al. (2007). “Three fatal cases of rapidly progressive infective endocarditis caused by Staphylococcus aureus: one case with huge vegetation”. Circ. J. 71 (9): 1488–91. PMID 17721034. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  3. ↑ Gotsman I, Meirovitz A, Meizlish N, Gotsman M, Lotan C, Gilon D (2007). “Clinical and echocardiographic predictors of morbidity and mortality in infective endocarditis: the significance of vegetation size”. Isr. Med. Assoc. J. 9 (5): 365–9. PMID 17591374. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  4. ↑ “eMedicine/Stedman Medical Dictionary Lookup!”.
  5. ↑ “Pathology Education: Cardiovascular”.
  6. ↑ “eMedicine/Stedman Medical Dictionary Lookup!”.

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